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Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Location identification number	04137716	n/a
Location name	VAN ETTEN CREEK AT HWY F-41 AT OSCODA, MI	n/a
Site type	Stream	ST
Decimal latitude (WGS84)	44.44067777777777	n/a
Decimal longitude (WGS84)	-83.34156388888889	n/a
Latitude-longitude method	Interpolated from digital map	N
Latitude-longitude accuracy	Accurate to + or - 1 sec.	S
District	Michigan	26
State	Michigan	26
County	Iosco County	069
Country	United States of America	n/a
Altitude of gage/land surface	570.34 feet	n/a
Method altitude determined	Interpolated from Digital Elevation Model	N
Altitude accuracy	0.1 feet	n/a
Altitude datum	North American Vertical Datum of 1988	NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit	Au Sable	04070007
Drainage basin		n/a
Date of first construction		n/a
Drainage area	282 square miles	n/a
Contributing drainage area		n/a
Time zone abbreviation	EST	n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time	N	n/a
National aquifer		n/a
Local aquifer		n/a
Local aquifer type		n/a
Well depth		n/a
Hole depth		n/a
Source of depth data		n/a

Monitoring location Van Etten Creek at Hwy F-41 at Oscoda, MI - USGS-04137716